Just Words — ‘Rain’ and ‘Wind’

Drizzling rain and gathering-darkly overcast this Thursday morning on California’s north coast, as we weather the first wet encounter/wave of a supposedly-terrific storm scheduled to collide with our coastline sometimes this evening or early Friday. According to the NWS, we’re forecast today to be ‘Heavy Rain and Breezy,’ but notches up a bit tonight to ‘Heavy…

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Reality Winds

Bright-sunshine again this near-noon Friday on California’s north coast, supposedly we’re due for about the same the next few days. Meanwhile, way-to-the-east, the opposite in nature as Hurricane Matthew brutishly-swirls along the south Atlantic seaboard — sustained winds, 120 mph. Description of the complication of weather shit — Dr. Jeff Masters at WunderBlog this morning: ‘Matthew’s…

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Heated Fall

Way-warm this Sunday afternoon on California’s north coast, with plenty of sunshine toasted slightly by a bit of ocean breeze. Near-about good-as-it-gets in these parts, and a lot warmer than I earlier figured — just a little while ago, took my daughter’s Corgi, Kuru, on a walk and actually felt sweat. Rare, and me, too,…

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Autumn in the Greenhouse

Overcast with an occasional glare of sunlight this early Thursday on California’s north coast, with most-likely the continuing scenario of near-clear skies this afternoon. We’ve a decent chance of rain tomorrow, but probably not… Today also kicks off the fall season — the Autumnal Equinox — and although we’re forecast for cooler temperatures than normal, the…

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Climate Change Creates ‘Domino effect’

Bright sunshine with a bit of chilled air this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — a week ahead supposedly of clear skies and warming temperatures. Dog summer, maybe. And speaking/writing on warmth — a new study shows a heating-up environment won’t help California’s grasslands after all. Kai Zhu, a global ecologist and data scientist…

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Unseasonable ‘Sparks’ Memory Fire

Scattered-sunshine/scattered-overcast this near-noon Wednesday on California’s north coast, counting-down the hours til the end of summer. And for this particular stretch, I’d call it, a ‘summer of fog,’ or at least, ‘one-half-to-three-quarters summer of fog,’ as the last few weeks have been pretty gray. Not so with the innards of the state — hot, and…

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